Hewlett-Packard: Down in the valley
Financial Times (subscription required)
Mark Williams, School of Management
The story of Hewlett-Packard, an outwardly staid technology company, has come to resemble the plotline of an improbable corporate soap opera…
US and China vie for influence in SE Asia
Financial Times (subscription requested)
Joseph Fewsmith, College of Arts & Sciences
When Air Force One touched down in Cambodia this week, Barack Obama became the first US president to visit the country…
HP due diligence thrust into spotlight
Financial Times
Mark Williams, School of Management
In the blame game between Hewlett-Packard and Autonomy, the US company’s leadership has thus far distanced itself from responsibility and heaped opprobrium on Autonomy’s accounting practices…
Hostess Brands to liquidate business
Financial Times (subscription required)
Susan Fournier, School of Management
Hostess Brands, the US baker of Twinkies, and Wonder Bread, is to liquidate its business after failing to reach a pay agreement with striking members of its union…
Xi presents new face of China’s socialism
Financial Times (subscription required)
Joseph Fewsmith, College of Arts & Sciences
When China was waiting for its new leader on Thursday morning, CCTV, the national broadcaster, passed the time with some propaganda…
Let’s not get ‘carried away’ by Bernanke’s latest twist
Financial Times “Economists’ Forum Blog” (subscription required)
By Kevin Gallagher, College of Arts & Sciences
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, should be applauded for boldly putting employment over price stability in his latest move to keep interest rates low and to purchase mortgage-backed securities…
Loans: Globalisation changed the movement of capital funds
Financial Times (subscription required)
Kevin Gallagher, College of Arts & Sciences
This August, Erika Sylva took a long flight around the world…
